Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy)

Comet C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) on 1.01.2015

12" ASA - LRGB

Size: 2000 px

© Velimir Popov & Emil Ivanov 2014

C/2014 Q2 (Lovejoy) was discovered on 17 August 2014 by Terry Lovejoy using a 0.2-meter (8 in) Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope. It is is a long-period comet.By December 2014 the comet had brightened to roughly magnitude 7.4 making it a small telescope and binoculars target. By mid-December the comet was visible to the naked eye for experienced observers with dark skies. This image shows the comet on January 1st 2015, when the comet was less than 30° from the Moon.

Image details:

Annotation

Center of field RA	04:59:11 (h:m:s)
Center of field DE	-17:07:43 (deg:m:s)
Size	72.4 x 52.7 (arcmin)
Pixel scale:	1.8 (arcsec/pixel)
Orientation:	Up is -71.9 degrees E of N

Charts and image details obtained from Astrometry.net

Optic(s):	ASA 12" Astrograph @ f/3.6 (Newton)
Mount:	ASA DDM85 Standard
Camera:	SBIG STL 11000 M
Filters:	Luminance, Red, Green, Blue, Astronomik filters
Dates/Times:	1. 01. 2015
Location:	IRIDA Observatory, BG, longitude: E 24 44' 18", latitude: N 41 41' 42"
Exp. Details:	L:3x2 min; R:3x2 min, G:3x2 min, B:3x2 min Bin 2, Total Exposure Time - 24 min
More details:	Dark frames reduction
Processing:	PixInsight / PS

e-mail: info@irida-observatory.org